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VOL. XVI. NO. 34.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1856.
WHOLE NO. 814.
id (tonal JUH-Slancn) Startarlt.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
k Fifth St., Philaddp/Ua.
pro-^liiucrii.
HOW TO MAKE KANSAS A SLAVE STATE.
id, all,
: in proportin
This,l
■ly all, would willingly do, i
this, and at
per head on slaves would rui.
■ pi'iipi'e would t,,'l grumble
My plan would I
the slaves in her ot
reliable persons inti
the. property of Llm Slate, a
rightfully cnlise.tie or expl i h.-r property from the Ter-
— I think great, r than those of an iudividual. The
gained by this, movement would, as I thi:
slavery in the Territory, hacked by the
iirii.-iL by tbis
.very ill the ■ territory, iwe
the State, and thus place it uj
The persons going tail in charge of tho slaves could be
chosen by commissioners, to be appointed for each county
by Ihe l.oyenior, and I heme eiauini.-sioiiers could also pur-
, thus
State, i
anaas,
i lighting also, required ti
Territory :,•■■ K ansa:. \. ould tin llu' lirees.sury Vol in; . ;
Ml NONYMOI.'S TER b
'. which relu-ei u.hui siou I
other might not. We h
i: enforcement of the doc-
boldly acknowledges the
TRUTH IN EN RIGHT CO USN ESS-
Drreclness of a man's creed will not avail to save
i reforming influence is exerted by il upon his,
■ may believe in one Hod. and no far lie does
t the devils aI.,o believe m one God_; and hia
fte^the pattern of'tl i i
lie may profess io love Hod, a
supremo Killer, and man, a- hi
withhold from Hod Ihe cheerful
mil they in his, he n
iharacter of such n
equal brother; but
says, in relation to tli
rofess that they knoi
rTOoA work reprobate.
igher regard for, and a
maxiuis of worldly pr
teachings of heavenly wisi
commands, in which all r
Teaehei
commi
among'
e Mi'lbe.lc.w who
liioghl. then,, as tbe apni ..ipriale
ill men, and as the f'uiiibneut of i
lave others do to them. They
;ruth clearly and uumistakuoly ii
'in are held as niarkelab!,.'
-property I On liie other
asonably be expected t
tli tlieiu in seeking any ilosirubk: relorn
tge and very influential portion of the people,
too much to say that, if all who are in the
churches, and who claim to bo disciple-, of I'll
t UP tl
e would speedily c
'Crres-po:,donee with all the ■
i l Is thing, Catholi
inti adopted, and iill shades
rent necessity I immed al and dec:
berty should
l, without
whom alone they acli
If the
1" those whole, latter desin
That desire, whai
ipriety be, is the measure of thei
present duty—-ad, ■ ■ it OflgJwl witjun
"e guilt of' ' holding the truth in unrighteousness." 1
because this duty is neglected that American slavery i
irpctuated. It continues to exist, and its domain i
.tended, and its power is augmented,
icausc the Ann ric.au churches are,
ith some rare exceptions, willing thai it shoui
few despised Samaritans, who
un righteous
done they acknowledge, "All tint
a intemreted as to require less'.
mem bei
ie "reverse of what thev are—if those whe
the slaves were invested
.embers were enslaved—what would tin: hvl.ier desl
n the whole, and
They i'lnl'ie:"
slavery part
•ill. mfe-lrd i
' ,1,1011,11.1.1!
I v. ■
.. -i : . ■
ight o
ion Ihe
p:,!.y
1 the
ognised plattbrt
, rposo. J/ue Constitution at
111 ill ho-llil,'. The One Cillltiol stand lltlii
ul. 'The one
oi-. tfietii. Aboliti
this, km
e ' iiievilaliie purpose, 'the Coi
proteel ■
rij So,„.d,in
Press.
.. : , . I ,,..,■
AND ITINERANT SLAVERY
LECTURERS.
tin.*. New Kngluud parsor
nig with lhal plnlsiilhropy wln.-l, expends itself in words
bl't ar.M'il.-n: when Ihe ,p„.. ,, ' wav.; anil means is
suggested. \ lewiiig Ihesubjoei in :i practical light is
not the foregoing w, it, r ,p,ii, ,,.,-oi,!,ble in suggesting
me some plan of abolition t,:
villi tile
e tloin.
THE "SOCIAL C'.iStLK'N OS THE NEGRO.
land, and native of Fairfield County,
recently to snuff' the free Northern air
his principle.-," tint who, before he wei
ago., was anything but a Free Soiler.
e Eastern Shore, Mary-
Thal. such i
defiance of nol
assertion should be made by one wl
lonest man and sincere Christian, in fu
rious facts, presents one of the sadde
be advanced or obstinately u
g intelligent men thai Iho edit,
one ofthe greatest of ia'-i:i,s.
social ]
knows t
educatio
the slave States. Now, none will deny, save, perhar.
sagacious editor, whose false proposition we utterly
that education tends invariably to advance "the :
position" of him who possesses it. Mr. Bond may
bly deny this incontestible truth, but no other mac
ia honest will. Of the negroes who were born ii
free States, there is but a small proportion who ci
read or write, while at the South the contrary is
that they are almost universally ignorant of letters. In
great fact, what becomes of your infernal
dogma of"tlie
testily
.-■t.aia.i pi:
them States
itration. Hast
the social pi'si
" thou unchristian apok
gist of American Slavery
great and
equality. And generally, with lew except!
the South, the negro
Ihe 1
North 'I
I Mr. I
,el Ol'peileei
>ns, the laws
equal in,(lei
j no tendency
the blacks in tin
•fully the Northern prejudice
■ofour ■-'' There is no use in denying it; the trut
I ■", a. - i i ■. ■
■uiistiHih'.- u " social p'-ilions' The coloured population
■ I' Ihe f-'.imlh occupy rather a menial position than possess
i,ov "social" position at all. They are serfs, slaves and
respect for them
to walk v
position than in
rther, and liable,
(inkers in human flesh
ihealthy and life
speak of the coloured
red o-'pahiiion here occupy a
" e slave States. How would
.on, Doctor, if yon were owned
when a coloured pers,
ig, was to apply tt
•ou, does he feel for i
highest bidder? I
r i-oeial position of the
LETTER FROM CASSHJS M. CLAY.
.State,
iy magistrate,
the Judgt
. aud summon to '
should proceed to try the ease,". In olhe
tjwry.
The right of the person was not to '
something to lose ; aud he wa
dom, unless shown to!
ty. And I firmly bell
■. ,i .■ out oi tae i
would
.the
the rendition of fu;
1ar to New
the I'otimii
;—Dear 'Sir: Your (
cept my thanks for yoi
gains! the law of God and t
ight .ih,it jiir-i-icc is always the highest expediency-
Inn lioertv and. Javerv eaunol coexi-t—but that one 0
he oilier nuisi die. Whilst, ou the one hand we bas
tpon those central ideas which we inherited a
government of h
■ut law Ihe
■ ■I th..' .".lai
an be no true freedom or progress,
d Federal Constitutions, and willingly
.publicans, to oppose nationally tlie exisleuco of savory,
nd oolilieal ietlueiice of ihe iiiitional coVci'iiui'i'iil periua-
ently, and firmly, and avowedly on the side of liberty,
.-ii l„i- heretofore beo,, arrayed on the side of slavery.
Ltitl as fhe friends of liberty have acquiesced, niihoat
■voliiiloiiary resistance, iu thi- rule of slavery, so we
email,I that the slavery propaganda :.uai; actpaiesee iu
rauilrd as traitors io both North and South who
ounsel or act in violation of this only possibility of
papular government.
ci openly with Ihe Ifepniiiiean pnrlv- -more who scereih
viup.Uhim" wi:h Ibe in:,vein, ni and fin my iiuieiiieiii; a
il," f-oulh wao will aiqniesce ill our rule.
believe thiil liie liim lias now come when a niajoriiy ol
" ■f-government. But
ijorifyis nowfrag-
MR. BUCHANAN OVER THE COALS.
ie New York Evening Post has republished the
probably, calied the " glorious I >e nine racy ol' old Hel'ks,
.a.iy :is,i il actually
ludicrous attempt;
lie in a sort of despen
ourselves now with
territory, ami .Mr.' Wi
slavery in the i
.■apabifiiy ol sell'-g
urged, by Ihe
threatened aubi
darkened il" pageu of history.
,\ly deal' Sir, i know lhal vo
wide consequence
i.ieh has mm
ne the world
May the God of on
i do our whole duty.
SLAVERY IN NEW JERSEY.
■d's creature, mc
i. liillc superior
why, il may in- a.-l
jeel, if it be so i
although ihe n,i.lh
brnary, 181
journey 1,
ing' treated by his
Ihe .Sew Jersey I .igisliilur;
slavery, pi.iss.eil Ihe 2 I'll i
nh.;hi go out of the State o
ihe sali.Ml'ici.ion oi' two .liulge:
Fleas, that such slave could n
son of some unavoidable uee
would peiMMt in not returning
count thereof, he was, ou do\
less than live hundred dollars,
Why this leaning lo freedomV The' answer
not to extend slavery, but to c "
sent limits. Bat there is anothc
act above quoted : thai no perm
any part of the United States
siding Judge of the Court of C
J'km
l.'gislal
answered b
i by the pre-
:or, that such
ny thing
complete syslen
lias worked wel.
meh "
i.N
without any hope of thei
iv ure Jiving In an eventful :,
ing each of
lie"..ia-i.1 v
pretend Io be instructors should them3eh
into first principles. Nevertheless, we have re as o
ihankl'ul Hint, though they may see by the light
own creating', we have a cleat
1 miil-t. of all the surrounding dark!
e-i current Ihstorv, containins? the
the past.
uks of ih. lilt shineth in tl
-the light ol c
e have a clear light,
iding darkness
■i., : ■ cii. .
We have Si
IIaiiri
I, N. ,
f slavery. And althouf
lion ol .he United cJtatcs allowed i.iie inipuriauon
slaves till the year 1808, iu a way ot" con
New Jersey, nine years after the Constitution went in
operation, declared that all vessels that were lif.ie.l o
for the purpose i
Sheriff; showing, eoni-hi uvely
ing slaves from any country what-
that the traffic therein should te
and circumstances would permit.
iiut II will be icdo.-d, pi I'liapi. what was the conduct of
nimity worthy of example by
is| reignty, and where the law of Congressof 17U3 do regard
hllaled ii' Con:
and 15:111 on til
labour, iiial eae
Lii-y by ii,:,,pet<
rely the law of '!
Fori
o thro
■
.el them.
would He the altuosl uu.w;
1 there a few people who do ol! Ihe thinki,,
. ;: . ,.im .,
d us a settled point whieli i
i slave State, under the
ion with them into the net
e of modem revelation, raf
ie will yet come when it '
the 25th of August, 1847. It does
caught upon the hip. The
iggl'e out of the quandary
"ie music m a
tutinv
pe^tainc
attach his proviso thereto. In the
.0, Mr. Ihiolaiiiaii says:
Democrats are not expected to ap]
t. * * After Louisiana
red from Urance by -Mr- Jefferson, and wlici
who sympathized, liowe1
Sprague ah a 11 be perais
Tho right of the single el
— ' to a jury drawn
dinted .
.which i
Union, the
as, threatened the diss
ihe footsteps of their pre
forever prohibited1
, be decided by the
, V „ ,
"'eoic'.?
■ IM:,-.,.
I we may acquire from Mexico." (The
this letter Mr. Buchanan otters the
Compromise! Its adoption in 1820
may acquire
iI the end
Tiu"\!
■dthe I
i in 1848
secure the like happy result."
the New York Evening Post remarks touching
in Lion of Mr. Buchanan's friends is vc-spect-
l to a letter written by that statesman, iu
eference to the Mi
this letter
•'The at
■ ■
filmot Proviso, then
ssed upon the attention oi' Congc-M, ami wa-, deemed
most ultra pro-slavery croiind :;i !as! lime which al v
:: Xorlii or Houlli eotihi take anil live, fl is n curious
:e of the progre.->iv- eiiaraei,.'!' of our iMiuiliJyin,:i,
that this letter,.
■ii ii:,' Admis
i.ind lo, e
3amen in eases of co
ihether he was conse
i the right of all pi
nttohavetheju
aiewi'stabilmhcl
oloi-cle,! \o
hh'i' I'i.'
mid be made into
ei'.dep,,,
opened the question of c
hich all the cona
rnment, us well an tin
An attempt to pursui
_ :ry in the power ot tin
Court. "This would be c'peciiiily tlaiigeroiis in political
ullett insisted on the right of the Govern:
mparlial jury, and tho only way to secu
hy inquiries to the jurors, inaler the direction of
inly way b
inder th
■ illsclo-ed r
applical
.Mr. Italia said the rl
question by the I'niied Stale:, A c, rt„ y made the danger
mt. The Court-House and ita purlieu:
'one side in this suit—the Cijvcrnnieiit
oiiiecrs lill the house, watch over,«
end upon llic jury. All these officer
a the lowest, are the mere servants
, holding office at the will of the Kxe
'-room, the opinio
,, peated and become n
ami ihe Conrl-llouse turn
i citizen against the Crovernmeut w
id that i;
a Ibonysiiis";.
Uoverm
u of Ihe HisI
t opin
,..,wed
nop, -I ihe
If a course
Court the power
pOiilieal
The right of a
Vv' tii.
minority against tue
shall be adopted whi
general opinions a.t:
.ties or religious sec
jury drawn by lot and uncontrolled in
\ is the last
ie majority.
is select)
ar tho last
prejudice, tso step in lite wrong direction, and on delii
ground. The Legislature has established certain disqt
rications of jurors, and these must be inquired into. '
No authority, he believed, could be found for such q
tions as were now proposed. All men in the comma:
are subject more or less to bias or preiudice, arising fi
political, religious, social, class a
behaved with com
eudable spirit on thi;
Ir. Hallett was forced
e pie. He withdrew
tieing the matter is
THE SLAVE'!
Have you any bias or
Mr. Ober answered:
.inpitihy wilh the oppressed and
irther, except an admis.
■iously his sympathy with
but could elicit nothing
prague's
aid down by Judge Ware, as f ha.
io puck a jury bye:
"ally, wilh the politi
adopted by Jm
must the tyranny of the majority."
', then, do I find fault with Ila' Uepnblie
I t ms Been
; virtually offers c
c In- allowed to vi
Smith
maike
eoloui' the
■ V"'\l,
the J
'm'1,1
Man ■>.
Will ihe .s
itions, provided no new
lOnstituents have chutied '.ed tnen eaon-h
lis.tiiietioii. liocansc, in a single wool. 'o.
lavery is only an objection to u
vol <,iil the system entirely by ihe polio;
■-■ ,ii-l|oy,|iLi
% to localia
onuble th;
. heaven.
honestly rti.-posed I
„ which3!
t.'onstiliiiii
i -
v eonipi'tniusi
>s already "
:s will allow
1 take thai
ll- licit w
the party conse
hasten inj
slavery shall be opposed till it give
" ' ' .- that latitude, my objection would ne disposed
would be laying down no eoncession lo despot-
toes not tlie party do that? " I think
fhe speeches ol" ils ablest e.\j,i,-iu,i"i and leaders, w ith sc-me
, speech full of magnetism, ami, Iu its ability, worthy of
irgeof Abolitionism. It pre-
' '■'."
mple Defender of Noy
i speech corresponds, ii
i |he
Ab i
Here, they are politi
mav be philanthropists and Ch:
ft am a philanthropist oru Chris
any political platform too narrow t
"■tea that make me a full man; a:
:upya platform wnere I am ol
" faith, virtually io di.mvov,
istians. Precisely;
d especially I objeet
the principle which
r the loathso
ernment and slaverv, but
y from our whole civil life,
11 dotes upon the
WANTED, THE PRESIDENCY.
Wh all pity a poor creature, dimcless and d
iking out late in the afternoon for a job. V
we have Ihe souls of Christians, to pity still
rely a septuagenarian aspirant, who si ill .lofei
:u Prestikuey without the slightest chance of
■: .
d flea—to mark how
k thinks worth calculal
inflated letters
heart—how
chances which nobody
■ : m
a frosty coquette of fifty, he
ith the object oi'las prayer
by day and his dream by night. Just before the Pre',;
dei.i ai I your, tbe di". il thai torim-iiis ..heie poor gentlemen
grow:-', unusually spry ami active. Thus Ml
out suddenly with "a letter to " a Philadelphia gentleman,"
which, of course, iinds its way inlo ihe newspapers. He
really cannot consent to be a candidate—he doesn't per-
lillL himself lo think o: -iseh a lliiug lie blu-.h, - a! the
very thought! And all this modest disclaimer is made,
jusi as ii' everybody didn't know that the venerable
■ o'idd give his entire collection of ancient
boots lor the Democratic nomination at Cincinnati
Then there is Mr. l-'iltmore, who would never have been
tl.:. : I a. ■ '
iount of mummery and
the Presi
.. , iur chance
nd he. is shuffling tht
then
lery to get back
r chance ia beattti-
These gentlt
til their respective parti
' ' ill admir
Then what a sockdologer Fate will administer
venerable sconces 1 The boon which they have Si
';y, and > ""
Tlieywi
probably be. So the
go through the
is is pitiable enoi
retched farce do nothin]
sh he v
'subside for another
i motions at t
, where iae.-e
r.Millar !■■■:
,i",is,.| hi
acknowled;
slavery.
' Stat
mptio
. of E
ive that of property, i
That Southern slaves enjoy extravagantly the Chi
holi Jays, does lui! orocc the simnl' "
sera! ,',|' tin
th-ci
The J
and,«
^iidvig
e.-vtraweMinl enjoymenl. 'fhe fiicl ,
ry, but his superioriiy to n.
It ill becomes a Southern man to disparage the fi
o slavery, I
Sonlhe'i' oil
■■ reiiri'l.i.'iiM
lleg.^n. can i1 be expected that
■ free men ol' a Democracy, his
i liim (in jirejudiceand unkind
y spoi its yict.ims, as murder
tion of the superiority ci' free-
■Olesf ugain-t the ensiuyement
. us lo say thai, while, throughout, in support of slavery is re-
illy bases the right of while n
"""" 'leer might ai '
luted. The
'South to the Not
,: ' .-': .'.
„ht or whiter
property upon sheer might and de~
: law, the Compro
le dcolara
DEMOCRATIC
In Washington City, £
of the power to which
1 more this State
■■i./'.l//.Y,.s7'.?..tr,eCY AGAIN.;!'
The Moutl,
' < i nil ,
t freedom, inde-
and sovereignty
„; clorihes eiery
aliers are sadly reduced i
in the Commonwealth i
r thousand slaveholders, i
deli thus excludes Ihe body of the ].
e eligibility emmet tie si mended lint
o-thirds of the privileged persons w
the handseI
people
this jirlviWed body do aoi allow tie-
all in a Presidential clec-
theniM'lvcs. Thi- electors
it are chosen by ihe Vcni-
! the right of ihe i
jurpose of fos! '
■ogance of this
The whole policy o
which ilie disi
.11 the important measu
I the public peace.
e repeal of the eomprom
lira, well knew t
wronged, o!" the
A third step v
a,:'! help their agent, Atchi
"e majority of the free
and Ibreign force, in defii
s of tl
and
the majority of the free v
in defi
llity. and silb-
the Capitol, the
the Repul
.oorganiw thi' l.egtslaliye l.lepart.iiiec.t. The v
; elected to redress tl
e breach of the -hn
the Southern aristocracy, i
• ,et with him i
he North has
House. I.ihi
e side. It
1,'^oidU
ally i
1 the
All 11,l'"
umb when they should speak,
ot only our contempt,
ioth-ways politician ought to bepnt down, and the
| the better I'm ,vhile, it is very <
expect that the
of trickery a
which the nullifiera have
ry, aided by the corrupt n
them in the hope of o
help, another fonr years' lea.se of it.

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VOL. XVI. NO. 34.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1856.
WHOLE NO. 814.
id (tonal JUH-Slancn) Startarlt.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
k Fifth St., Philaddp/Ua.
pro-^liiucrii.
HOW TO MAKE KANSAS A SLAVE STATE.
id, all,
: in proportin
This,l
■ly all, would willingly do, i
this, and at
per head on slaves would rui.
■ pi'iipi'e would t,,'l grumble
My plan would I
the slaves in her ot
reliable persons inti
the. property of Llm Slate, a
rightfully cnlise.tie or expl i h.-r property from the Ter-
— I think great, r than those of an iudividual. The
gained by this, movement would, as I thi:
slavery in the Territory, hacked by the
iirii.-iL by tbis
.very ill the ■ territory, iwe
the State, and thus place it uj
The persons going tail in charge of tho slaves could be
chosen by commissioners, to be appointed for each county
by Ihe l.oyenior, and I heme eiauini.-sioiiers could also pur-
, thus
State, i
anaas,
i lighting also, required ti
Territory :,•■■ K ansa:. \. ould tin llu' lirees.sury Vol in; . ;
Ml NONYMOI.'S TER b
'. which relu-ei u.hui siou I
other might not. We h
i: enforcement of the doc-
boldly acknowledges the
TRUTH IN EN RIGHT CO USN ESS-
Drreclness of a man's creed will not avail to save
i reforming influence is exerted by il upon his,
■ may believe in one Hod. and no far lie does
t the devils aI.,o believe m one God_; and hia
fte^the pattern of'tl i i
lie may profess io love Hod, a
supremo Killer, and man, a- hi
withhold from Hod Ihe cheerful
mil they in his, he n
iharacter of such n
equal brother; but
says, in relation to tli
rofess that they knoi
rTOoA work reprobate.
igher regard for, and a
maxiuis of worldly pr
teachings of heavenly wisi
commands, in which all r
Teaehei
commi
among'
e Mi'lbe.lc.w who
liioghl. then,, as tbe apni ..ipriale
ill men, and as the f'uiiibneut of i
lave others do to them. They
;ruth clearly and uumistakuoly ii
'in are held as niarkelab!,.'
-property I On liie other
asonably be expected t
tli tlieiu in seeking any ilosirubk: relorn
tge and very influential portion of the people,
too much to say that, if all who are in the
churches, and who claim to bo disciple-, of I'll
t UP tl
e would speedily c
'Crres-po:,donee with all the ■
i l Is thing, Catholi
inti adopted, and iill shades
rent necessity I immed al and dec:
berty should
l, without
whom alone they acli
If the
1" those whole, latter desin
That desire, whai
ipriety be, is the measure of thei
present duty—-ad, ■ ■ it OflgJwl witjun
"e guilt of' ' holding the truth in unrighteousness." 1
because this duty is neglected that American slavery i
irpctuated. It continues to exist, and its domain i
.tended, and its power is augmented,
icausc the Ann ric.au churches are,
ith some rare exceptions, willing thai it shoui
few despised Samaritans, who
un righteous
done they acknowledge, "All tint
a intemreted as to require less'.
mem bei
ie "reverse of what thev are—if those whe
the slaves were invested
.embers were enslaved—what would tin: hvl.ier desl
n the whole, and
They i'lnl'ie:"
slavery part
•ill. mfe-lrd i
' ,1,1011,11.1.1!
I v. ■
.. -i : . ■
ight o
ion Ihe
p:,!.y
1 the
ognised plattbrt
, rposo. J/ue Constitution at
111 ill ho-llil,'. The One Cillltiol stand lltlii
ul. 'The one
oi-. tfietii. Aboliti
this, km
e ' iiievilaliie purpose, 'the Coi
proteel ■
rij So,„.d,in
Press.
.. : , . I ,,..,■
AND ITINERANT SLAVERY
LECTURERS.
tin.*. New Kngluud parsor
nig with lhal plnlsiilhropy wln.-l, expends itself in words
bl't ar.M'il.-n: when Ihe ,p„.. ,, ' wav.; anil means is
suggested. \ lewiiig Ihesubjoei in :i practical light is
not the foregoing w, it, r ,p,ii, ,,.,-oi,!,ble in suggesting
me some plan of abolition t,:
villi tile
e tloin.
THE "SOCIAL C'.iStLK'N OS THE NEGRO.
land, and native of Fairfield County,
recently to snuff' the free Northern air
his principle.-," tint who, before he wei
ago., was anything but a Free Soiler.
e Eastern Shore, Mary-
Thal. such i
defiance of nol
assertion should be made by one wl
lonest man and sincere Christian, in fu
rious facts, presents one of the sadde
be advanced or obstinately u
g intelligent men thai Iho edit,
one ofthe greatest of ia'-i:i,s.
social ]
knows t
educatio
the slave States. Now, none will deny, save, perhar.
sagacious editor, whose false proposition we utterly
that education tends invariably to advance "the :
position" of him who possesses it. Mr. Bond may
bly deny this incontestible truth, but no other mac
ia honest will. Of the negroes who were born ii
free States, there is but a small proportion who ci
read or write, while at the South the contrary is
that they are almost universally ignorant of letters. In
great fact, what becomes of your infernal
dogma of"tlie
testily
.-■t.aia.i pi:
them States
itration. Hast
the social pi'si
" thou unchristian apok
gist of American Slavery
great and
equality. And generally, with lew except!
the South, the negro
Ihe 1
North 'I
I Mr. I
,el Ol'peileei
>ns, the laws
equal in,(lei
j no tendency
the blacks in tin
•fully the Northern prejudice
■ofour ■-'' There is no use in denying it; the trut
I ■", a. - i i ■. ■
■uiistiHih'.- u " social p'-ilions' The coloured population
■ I' Ihe f-'.imlh occupy rather a menial position than possess
i,ov "social" position at all. They are serfs, slaves and
respect for them
to walk v
position than in
rther, and liable,
(inkers in human flesh
ihealthy and life
speak of the coloured
red o-'pahiiion here occupy a
" e slave States. How would
.on, Doctor, if yon were owned
when a coloured pers,
ig, was to apply tt
•ou, does he feel for i
highest bidder? I
r i-oeial position of the
LETTER FROM CASSHJS M. CLAY.
.State,
iy magistrate,
the Judgt
. aud summon to '
should proceed to try the ease,". In olhe
tjwry.
The right of the person was not to '
something to lose ; aud he wa
dom, unless shown to!
ty. And I firmly bell
■. ,i .■ out oi tae i
would
.the
the rendition of fu;
1ar to New
the I'otimii
;—Dear 'Sir: Your (
cept my thanks for yoi
gains! the law of God and t
ight .ih,it jiir-i-icc is always the highest expediency-
Inn lioertv and. Javerv eaunol coexi-t—but that one 0
he oilier nuisi die. Whilst, ou the one hand we bas
tpon those central ideas which we inherited a
government of h
■ut law Ihe
■ ■I th..' .".lai
an be no true freedom or progress,
d Federal Constitutions, and willingly
.publicans, to oppose nationally tlie exisleuco of savory,
nd oolilieal ietlueiice of ihe iiiitional coVci'iiui'i'iil periua-
ently, and firmly, and avowedly on the side of liberty,
.-ii l„i- heretofore beo,, arrayed on the side of slavery.
Ltitl as fhe friends of liberty have acquiesced, niihoat
■voliiiloiiary resistance, iu thi- rule of slavery, so we
email,I that the slavery propaganda :.uai; actpaiesee iu
rauilrd as traitors io both North and South who
ounsel or act in violation of this only possibility of
papular government.
ci openly with Ihe Ifepniiiiean pnrlv- -more who scereih
viup.Uhim" wi:h Ibe in:,vein, ni and fin my iiuieiiieiii; a
il," f-oulh wao will aiqniesce ill our rule.
believe thiil liie liim lias now come when a niajoriiy ol
" ■f-government. But
ijorifyis nowfrag-
MR. BUCHANAN OVER THE COALS.
ie New York Evening Post has republished the
probably, calied the " glorious I >e nine racy ol' old Hel'ks,
.a.iy :is,i il actually
ludicrous attempt;
lie in a sort of despen
ourselves now with
territory, ami .Mr.' Wi
slavery in the i
.■apabifiiy ol sell'-g
urged, by Ihe
threatened aubi
darkened il" pageu of history.
,\ly deal' Sir, i know lhal vo
wide consequence
i.ieh has mm
ne the world
May the God of on
i do our whole duty.
SLAVERY IN NEW JERSEY.
■d's creature, mc
i. liillc superior
why, il may in- a.-l
jeel, if it be so i
although ihe n,i.lh
brnary, 181
journey 1,
ing' treated by his
Ihe .Sew Jersey I .igisliilur;
slavery, pi.iss.eil Ihe 2 I'll i
nh.;hi go out of the State o
ihe sali.Ml'ici.ion oi' two .liulge:
Fleas, that such slave could n
son of some unavoidable uee
would peiMMt in not returning
count thereof, he was, ou do\
less than live hundred dollars,
Why this leaning lo freedomV The' answer
not to extend slavery, but to c "
sent limits. Bat there is anothc
act above quoted : thai no perm
any part of the United States
siding Judge of the Court of C
J'km
l.'gislal
answered b
i by the pre-
:or, that such
ny thing
complete syslen
lias worked wel.
meh "
i.N
without any hope of thei
iv ure Jiving In an eventful :,
ing each of
lie"..ia-i.1 v
pretend Io be instructors should them3eh
into first principles. Nevertheless, we have re as o
ihankl'ul Hint, though they may see by the light
own creating', we have a cleat
1 miil-t. of all the surrounding dark!
e-i current Ihstorv, containins? the
the past.
uks of ih. lilt shineth in tl
-the light ol c
e have a clear light,
iding darkness
■i., : ■ cii. .
We have Si
IIaiiri
I, N. ,
f slavery. And althouf
lion ol .he United cJtatcs allowed i.iie inipuriauon
slaves till the year 1808, iu a way ot" con
New Jersey, nine years after the Constitution went in
operation, declared that all vessels that were lif.ie.l o
for the purpose i
Sheriff; showing, eoni-hi uvely
ing slaves from any country what-
that the traffic therein should te
and circumstances would permit.
iiut II will be icdo.-d, pi I'liapi. what was the conduct of
nimity worthy of example by
is| reignty, and where the law of Congressof 17U3 do regard
hllaled ii' Con:
and 15:111 on til
labour, iiial eae
Lii-y by ii,:,,pet<
rely the law of '!
Fori
o thro
■
.el them.
would He the altuosl uu.w;
1 there a few people who do ol! Ihe thinki,,
. ;: . ,.im .,
d us a settled point whieli i
i slave State, under the
ion with them into the net
e of modem revelation, raf
ie will yet come when it '
the 25th of August, 1847. It does
caught upon the hip. The
iggl'e out of the quandary
"ie music m a
tutinv
pe^tainc
attach his proviso thereto. In the
.0, Mr. Ihiolaiiiaii says:
Democrats are not expected to ap]
t. * * After Louisiana
red from Urance by -Mr- Jefferson, and wlici
who sympathized, liowe1
Sprague ah a 11 be perais
Tho right of the single el
— ' to a jury drawn
dinted .
.which i
Union, the
as, threatened the diss
ihe footsteps of their pre
forever prohibited1
, be decided by the
, V „ ,
"'eoic'.?
■ IM:,-.,.
I we may acquire from Mexico." (The
this letter Mr. Buchanan otters the
Compromise! Its adoption in 1820
may acquire
iI the end
Tiu"\!
■dthe I
i in 1848
secure the like happy result."
the New York Evening Post remarks touching
in Lion of Mr. Buchanan's friends is vc-spect-
l to a letter written by that statesman, iu
eference to the Mi
this letter
•'The at
■ ■
filmot Proviso, then
ssed upon the attention oi' Congc-M, ami wa-, deemed
most ultra pro-slavery croiind :;i !as! lime which al v
:: Xorlii or Houlli eotihi take anil live, fl is n curious
:e of the progre.->iv- eiiaraei,.'!' of our iMiuiliJyin,:i,
that this letter,.
■ii ii:,' Admis
i.ind lo, e
3amen in eases of co
ihether he was conse
i the right of all pi
nttohavetheju
aiewi'stabilmhcl
oloi-cle,! \o
hh'i' I'i.'
mid be made into
ei'.dep,,,
opened the question of c
hich all the cona
rnment, us well an tin
An attempt to pursui
_ :ry in the power ot tin
Court. "This would be c'peciiiily tlaiigeroiis in political
ullett insisted on the right of the Govern:
mparlial jury, and tho only way to secu
hy inquiries to the jurors, inaler the direction of
inly way b
inder th
■ illsclo-ed r
applical
.Mr. Italia said the rl
question by the I'niied Stale:, A c, rt„ y made the danger
mt. The Court-House and ita purlieu:
'one side in this suit—the Cijvcrnnieiit
oiiiecrs lill the house, watch over,«
end upon llic jury. All these officer
a the lowest, are the mere servants
, holding office at the will of the Kxe
'-room, the opinio
,, peated and become n
ami ihe Conrl-llouse turn
i citizen against the Crovernmeut w
id that i;
a Ibonysiiis";.
Uoverm
u of Ihe HisI
t opin
,..,wed
nop, -I ihe
If a course
Court the power
pOiilieal
The right of a
Vv' tii.
minority against tue
shall be adopted whi
general opinions a.t:
.ties or religious sec
jury drawn by lot and uncontrolled in
\ is the last
ie majority.
is select)
ar tho last
prejudice, tso step in lite wrong direction, and on delii
ground. The Legislature has established certain disqt
rications of jurors, and these must be inquired into. '
No authority, he believed, could be found for such q
tions as were now proposed. All men in the comma:
are subject more or less to bias or preiudice, arising fi
political, religious, social, class a
behaved with com
eudable spirit on thi;
Ir. Hallett was forced
e pie. He withdrew
tieing the matter is
THE SLAVE'!
Have you any bias or
Mr. Ober answered:
.inpitihy wilh the oppressed and
irther, except an admis.
■iously his sympathy with
but could elicit nothing
prague's
aid down by Judge Ware, as f ha.
io puck a jury bye:
"ally, wilh the politi
adopted by Jm
must the tyranny of the majority."
', then, do I find fault with Ila' Uepnblie
I t ms Been
; virtually offers c
c In- allowed to vi
Smith
maike
eoloui' the
■ V"'\l,
the J
'm'1,1
Man ■>.
Will ihe .s
itions, provided no new
lOnstituents have chutied '.ed tnen eaon-h
lis.tiiietioii. liocansc, in a single wool. 'o.
lavery is only an objection to u
vol s already "
:s will allow
1 take thai
ll- licit w
the party conse
hasten inj
slavery shall be opposed till it give
" ' ' .- that latitude, my objection would ne disposed
would be laying down no eoncession lo despot-
toes not tlie party do that? " I think
fhe speeches ol" ils ablest e.\j,i,-iu,i"i and leaders, w ith sc-me
, speech full of magnetism, ami, Iu its ability, worthy of
irgeof Abolitionism. It pre-
' '■'."
mple Defender of Noy
i speech corresponds, ii
i |he
Ab i
Here, they are politi
mav be philanthropists and Ch:
ft am a philanthropist oru Chris
any political platform too narrow t
"■tea that make me a full man; a:
:upya platform wnere I am ol
" faith, virtually io di.mvov,
istians. Precisely;
d especially I objeet
the principle which
r the loathso
ernment and slaverv, but
y from our whole civil life,
11 dotes upon the
WANTED, THE PRESIDENCY.
Wh all pity a poor creature, dimcless and d
iking out late in the afternoon for a job. V
we have Ihe souls of Christians, to pity still
rely a septuagenarian aspirant, who si ill .lofei
:u Prestikuey without the slightest chance of
■: .
d flea—to mark how
k thinks worth calculal
inflated letters
heart—how
chances which nobody
■ : m
a frosty coquette of fifty, he
ith the object oi'las prayer
by day and his dream by night. Just before the Pre',;
dei.i ai I your, tbe di". il thai torim-iiis ..heie poor gentlemen
grow:-', unusually spry ami active. Thus Ml
out suddenly with "a letter to " a Philadelphia gentleman,"
which, of course, iinds its way inlo ihe newspapers. He
really cannot consent to be a candidate—he doesn't per-
lillL himself lo think o: -iseh a lliiug lie blu-.h, - a! the
very thought! And all this modest disclaimer is made,
jusi as ii' everybody didn't know that the venerable
■ o'idd give his entire collection of ancient
boots lor the Democratic nomination at Cincinnati
Then there is Mr. l-'iltmore, who would never have been
tl.:. : I a. ■ '
iount of mummery and
the Presi
.. , iur chance
nd he. is shuffling tht
then
lery to get back
r chance ia beattti-
These gentlt
til their respective parti
' ' ill admir
Then what a sockdologer Fate will administer
venerable sconces 1 The boon which they have Si
';y, and > ""
Tlieywi
probably be. So the
go through the
is is pitiable enoi
retched farce do nothin]
sh he v
'subside for another
i motions at t
, where iae.-e
r.Millar !■■■:
,i",is,.| hi
acknowled;
slavery.
' Stat
mptio
. of E
ive that of property, i
That Southern slaves enjoy extravagantly the Chi
holi Jays, does lui! orocc the simnl' "
sera! ,',|' tin
th-ci
The J
and,«
^iidvig
e.-vtraweMinl enjoymenl. 'fhe fiicl ,
ry, but his superioriiy to n.
It ill becomes a Southern man to disparage the fi
o slavery, I
Sonlhe'i' oil
■■ reiiri'l.i.'iiM
lleg.^n. can i1 be expected that
■ free men ol' a Democracy, his
i liim (in jirejudiceand unkind
y spoi its yict.ims, as murder
tion of the superiority ci' free-
■Olesf ugain-t the ensiuyement
. us lo say thai, while, throughout, in support of slavery is re-
illy bases the right of while n
"""" 'leer might ai '
luted. The
'South to the Not
,: ' .-': .'.
„ht or whiter
property upon sheer might and de~
: law, the Compro
le dcolara
DEMOCRATIC
In Washington City, £
of the power to which
1 more this State
■■i./'.l//.Y,.s7'.?..tr,eCY AGAIN.;!'
The Moutl,
' < i nil ,
t freedom, inde-
and sovereignty
„; clorihes eiery
aliers are sadly reduced i
in the Commonwealth i
r thousand slaveholders, i
deli thus excludes Ihe body of the ].
e eligibility emmet tie si mended lint
o-thirds of the privileged persons w
the handseI
people
this jirlviWed body do aoi allow tie-
all in a Presidential clec-
theniM'lvcs. Thi- electors
it are chosen by ihe Vcni-
! the right of ihe i
jurpose of fos! '
■ogance of this
The whole policy o
which ilie disi
.11 the important measu
I the public peace.
e repeal of the eomprom
lira, well knew t
wronged, o!" the
A third step v
a,:'! help their agent, Atchi
"e majority of the free
and Ibreign force, in defii
s of tl
and
the majority of the free v
in defi
llity. and silb-
the Capitol, the
the Repul
.oorganiw thi' l.egtslaliye l.lepart.iiiec.t. The v
; elected to redress tl
e breach of the -hn
the Southern aristocracy, i
• ,et with him i
he North has
House. I.ihi
e side. It
1,'^oidU
ally i
1 the
All 11,l'"
umb when they should speak,
ot only our contempt,
ioth-ways politician ought to bepnt down, and the
| the better I'm ,vhile, it is very <
expect that the
of trickery a
which the nullifiera have
ry, aided by the corrupt n
them in the hope of o
help, another fonr years' lea.se of it.